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3 Pence - George V
| Uitgever | New Zealand |
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| Jaar | 1933-1936 |
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| Diameter | 16.3 mm |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Left-facing crowned effigy of King George V, rendered in high relief with fine detail to the crown, beard, and military dress. The king wears an imperial state crown, with the truncation of the bust visible at the lower field. The legend GEORGE V KING EMPEROR is distributed around the periphery, flanking the portrait, with a beaded border encircling the entire design. The engraving, by Percy Metcalfe, displays a refined academic style characteristic of British Commonwealth coinage of the interwar period. |
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| Oplage | 1933 - - 6,000,000 1933 - Proof - 20 1934 - - 6,000,000 1934 - Proof - 20 1935 - - 40,000 1935 - Proof - 364 1936 - - 2,760,000 1936 - Proof - |
| Aanvullende informatie |
New Zealand's first domestic coinage, authorized under the Coinage Act 1933, replaced the British silver coins that had circulated in the territory since colonization. The threepence was struck at the Royal Mint in London — New Zealand had no mint of its own — and the initial 1933 issue entered circulation as the country was still deep in the Great Depression, with deflationary pressure having made small-denomination silver coins genuinely useful for everyday transactions.
The .500 fine silver standard, rather than the .925 used in contemporary British coinage, was a deliberate cost-reduction decision tied to dominion budget constraints.